Hi Andre , The IPEXPERT material won't be enough i recommend INE material as well ,
Ali 2009/11/9 André Luiz Bernardes <[email protected]> > Yep... It's almost impossible to get a seat in SP (Sao Paulo). It appears > there only ONE seat offer per month for Service Provider here, can u > believe? But I had luck once I am sure I will again... the secret is that > the schedule system covers just the next 240 days on the calendar so it > slides every day at 0am PST. If the new date is a business day and you are > the first to search at 0:00:01am you have a little chance to get your seat > for 8 months later... or just watch the website every day to see if any > dropped seat appears. In Sao Paulo is even worst, the proctor told me that > exams are given only on the first week of each month for 3 times (Mon, Wed, > Fri) where THE SP seat is on Fridays... you got to be kidding me!!! > > > > Bill > As for the management questions they were 2 simple questions, but one of > them was a little bit more elaborated and I couldn’t complete it as I > decided to skip it and get back to my main L2 issue. At that time I already > knew that I wouldn't make it. I had to reload the routers twice. I can > recall exactly the exact problem now, but I believe was something with TE > and redistribution… > > Andre > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Matt Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All SP locations are full to at least April. You want SP in SP*? forget >> it! >> >> *Sao Paulo >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 10/11/2009, at 8:45, Rick Mur <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Lala, >> >> Sorry I thought these locations were always quite open in terms of SP >> seats, that was the case when I was scheduling for it. >> IT seems they filled up completely up completely up to April. >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Rick Mur >> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider) >> Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc. >> URL: >> <http://www.ipexpert.com/>http://www.IPexpert.com<http://www.ipexpert.com/> >> >> On 9 nov 2009, at 22:38, Lala Lander wrote: >> >> mmm Rick, where are you seeing those seats? I dont see any. >> >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Rick Mur < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Andre, >>> >>> Thank you for sharing your experience! Indeed the L2 stuff in the lab can >>> be tricky especially with PPPoE. >>> >>> Keep up the good work and don't hesitate to ask any questions on this >>> list, there's a lot of SP knowledge available >>> here :-) >>> >>> You could try and do the lab in San Jose or RTP as there are a lot of >>> seats open in those locations. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Rick Mur >>> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S, Service provider) >>> Sr. Support Engineer -- IPexpert, Inc. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 9 nov 2009, at 20:45, Lala Lander < <[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> gotcha and agreed :-) >>> >>> 2009/11/9 André Luiz Bernardes < >>> <[email protected]><[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> >>> >>>> Well, I dont want to violate nda rules, but it's well know that basic L2 >>>> is preconfigured but you may encounter some troubleshooting or some >>>> portions >>>> with specific requirements. My problem was that I wasn’t full prepared for >>>> what they asked and some research on documentation would be needed. >>>> Definitively the real lab is not the best time to try something you never >>>> did before... >>>> A >>>> >>>> 2009/11/9 Lala Lander < <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >>>> When you say L2 basics, you meant to say you could not bring your >>>>> frame-relay or ethernet or PPP. I thought frame-relay is preconfigured and >>>>> PPP in my opinion you can always skip and come back later. >>>>> >>>>> 2009/11/9 André Luiz Bernardes < >>>>> <[email protected]><[email protected]> >>>>> [email protected]> >>>>> >>>>>> Hello guys >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Unfortunately I’ve failed in my first attempt on the CCIE Service >>>>>> Provider exam. Eventhough I had I put all efforts and dedication on it, I >>>>>> wasn’t really expecting to pass on the first attempt. It was just 2 >>>>>> months >>>>>> of study since I passed the written. I decided to go to the lab with this >>>>>> short time pretty aware that this could happen. It’s very hard to get a >>>>>> seat >>>>>> in Sao Paulo/Brazil for SP and I couldn’t miss the chance to get lab >>>>>> experience ( or even pass ) when I found one seat available on Cisco >>>>>> Website, probably from somebody dropped due to payment. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am using IPExpert as the main guide for my preparation and I can >>>>>> tell you know that they are really good and cover in different pieces >>>>>> every >>>>>> topics we you need to pass de exam. I’m also using INE and practicing >>>>>> some >>>>>> scenarios proposed by Antonio Soares on his website. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What I can tell you about my experience is that I failed on the >>>>>> basics: L2 (legacy), basic security and management. As many questions are >>>>>> interdependent on the evaluation, I lost points everywhere eventhough I >>>>>> could complete most of the other tasks. I was pretty much well prepared >>>>>> for >>>>>> worst and didn’t pay attention to basic stuff. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I will take some weeks off and then get back to IPE workbook 1 to >>>>>> focus on my weak areas and also some book reading, probably MPLS >>>>>> Fundamentals. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> At the end, I think the result was fair. If could complete those basic >>>>>> tasks, I am not a Cisco Expert, YET! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> CYA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Andre Vasquez >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, >>>>>> please visit <http://www.ipexpert.com/> <http://www.ipexpert.com/> >>>>>> www.ipexpert.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>> visit <http://www.ipexpert.com/> <http://www.ipexpert.com/> >>> www.ipexpert.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit <http://www.ipexpert.com/>www.ipexpert.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > >
_______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
